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Old 07-06-14 | 11:30 AM
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Originally Posted by cessanfrancisco
Thanks.

However, I was looking at some wheels on velomine.com and I noticed this:



It's a hollow axle that appears long enough for axle nuts. Would something like this be ok without a QR skewer (and simply using axle nuts), and on a fixed gear bike?
It's not a hollow axle hub per-se for quick releases...it's a drilled axle. A feature...

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